Bunch ride 3

So what was the total km count for last sunday's ride? ave speed?

Any punctures??!

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kyra said:

So what was the total km count for last sunday's ride? ave speed?
Any punctures??!

Distance 63.6km (This Sunday 63.6km) Avg. Speed 24.5km/hr (This
Sunday 25+km/hr) Top Speed 83km/hr (This Sunday 85+km/hr) Punctures 0
(This Sunday 0)

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tonykara said:

Distance 63.6km (This Sunday 63.6km) Avg. Speed 24.5km/hr (This
Sunday 25+km/hr) Top Speed 83km/hr (This Sunday 85+km/hr) Punctures 0
(This Sunday 0)

confession time. i did an extra 10k after we split (mainly to avoid
getting 'the list' from 'her-indoors'😄 )

That top speed is 'goin down' this Sunday but dont let that scare you
off, its only one hill and the rest is VERY pedestrian paced. Just
me/tony being 'puppyish'

PS wots the forecast?

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tonykara said:

Distance 63.6km (This Sunday 63.6km) Avg. Speed 24.5km/hr (This
Sunday 25+km/hr) Top Speed 83km/hr (This Sunday 85+km/hr) Punctures 0
(This Sunday 0)

confession time. i did an extra 10k after we split (mainly to avoid
getting 'the list' from 'her-indoors'😄 )

That top speed is 'goin down' this Sunday but dont let that scare you
off, its only one hill and the rest is VERY pedestrian paced. Just
me/tony being 'puppyish'

PS wots the forecast?

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What time do you guys finish up normally? I'm still considering the
coffee offer if you're interested, but it'd have to be sometime in the
morning still... And it would involve one more hill!

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eddiec said:

What time do you guys finish up normally? I'm still considering the
coffee offer if you're interested, but it'd have to be sometime in the
morning still... And it would involve one more hill!

we are normally back by 10-10:30. and dont worry, there are plenty of
places where you can gain some good speed, and also some places where
you gain very little, espeially when youb have not had the
mostnutritious food the night before and you spend time
walking...........not that it happened to me :p

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tonykara said:

we are normally back by 10-10:30. and dont worry, there are plenty of
places where you can gain some good speed, and also some places where
you gain very little, espeially when youb have not had the
mostnutritious food the night before and you spend time
walking...........not that it happened to me :p

OMG! You ran out of beer the night before?!?! Poor, poor soul...

hippy
- will try to be at Donkey + Warrandyte merge around 7.20-7.30am Sun (I
think that's right)

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tonykara said:

we are normally back by 10-10:30. and dont worry, there are plenty of
places where you can gain some good speed, and also some places where
you gain very little, espeially when youb have not had the
mostnutritious food the night before and you spend time
walking...........not that it happened to me :p

OMG! You ran out of beer the night before?!?! Poor, poor soul...

hippy
- will try to be at Donkey + Warrandyte merge around 7.20-7.30am Sun (I
think that's right)

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hippy said:

OMG! You ran out of beer the night before?!?! Poor, poor soul...
hippy
- will try to be at Donkey + Warrandyte merge around 7.20-7.30am Sun (I
think that's right)

excellent see you there

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Hey Tony will you be riding through Thompsons/Manningham Rd intersection
on your way to Doncaster Rd? If so, I'll wait there for you there till 7:10.

DaveB

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PS wots the forecast?

Few showers developing, 8-15C.

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Daveb said:

Hey Tony will you be riding through Thompsons/Manningham Rd
intersection on your way to Doncaster Rd? If so, I'll wait there for
you there till 7:10.
DaveB

no but i will meet you under the footbridge on manningham road at 7:10

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tonykara said:

Daveb said:

Hey Tony will you be riding through Thompsons/Manningham Rd
intersection on your way to Doncaster Rd? If so, I'll wait there
for you there till 7:10. DaveB

no but i will meet you under the footbridge on manningham road at
7:10

Ok see you there. BTW I just did a test run of tomorrow's ride
(motorised two wheel transport) and wish I hadn't seen the hills on the
Warrandyte route! Why can't my 39T ring be in before next week.

DaveB

Who will be meeting at the bust stop on Williamsons Road (on the corner of doncaster road, outside Shoppingtown) at 7:20 tomorrow morning? who will join in along the way? and at which point will you join in?

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Humbug said:

On Fri, 02 Jul 2004 07:45:03 GMT, hippy <usenet-
[email hidden]> Wrote :

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Quoted message said:

Originally posted by flyingdutch 67kph by my 'puter.

On the flat?! Fark..

Precisely.

Quoted message said:

<hippy runs away!>

humbug drops hippy and makes much dust

Quoted message said:

hippy

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Humbug

Most probably down Harris Gully Hill from Aumanns, that hill nearly
matches some of the Toolangi Hills that are sh%%%$se to climb. I'm
actually slack and ride Beach Rd Sat and Sun plus a bit of spinning
during the week being a vet just trying to keep fit. I start from around
Kew Boulevard but live in North Warrandyte, so its bike in back of car
job to Kew. Last Sunday, bit of late start 8.00 - 8-30 saw the group
going down Harris Gully Road plus a few who stopped at the top who
obviously didn't want to be part of the direct action. You could easy do
more than 80 km down this hill if you were stupid enough. On the flat,
[censored]!, vertical drop, yes!

Cheers

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Hippy said:

Which hill is this one?
I think we just hit 80kph in the bunch sprint at the bottom of the
tourist road into Montrose.. Last time I rode it, I couldn't get much
above 60kph due to wind (I hope).
hippy

Harris Road Gully Rd. Just after start (you pass a family orchard w/shop
on left. top of hill) There is a 90deg left turn with a 40kph sign and
then a fairly straight descent for approx a km. bit bumpy neat top which
has made me hesitate (that and what you can see in front of you!).

85kph shall be mine next Sunday!!! A 'lead-out' would be even better😉

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Not bragging by any means, but I've done 85+ down Reynolds Road from
where it hit Tindals Road, towards Springvale Road. Can't remember
exactly, but 88kph rings a bell. Not a bad road surface and dead
straight - if it's speed you're after in that area...
I was circling around through Warrandyte from Rongwood and knew the
hill, so thought "why not? I feel the need, the need for speed".
Probably not helpful unless you're heading back to Box Hill like me.
Good luck with the speed run.

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Who will be meeting at the bust stop on Williamsons Road (on
the corner of doncaster road, outside Shoppingtown) at 7:20
tomorrow morning? who will join in along the way? and at
which point will you join in?

Well, 3:15am.. so my excuse for any [censored] riding
tomorrow is lack ot sleep and bourbonitis...

I'll TRY and make it to Old Warrandyte Rd
around 7.20. If not, I'll probably do the half
again later on.. and then some street fixin'!!!

hippy

Thanks for the ride guys!

Was a friendly bunch and a nice loop. I forgot to start my HRM so I
didn't register a max speed on that first big hill. Somewhere along the
lines I hit 75kph but that was a different hill.

Some of those uphills were quite challenging and made more so with the
fact that I've forgotten how to change gears and a few times got stuck
too high.. ah well.. ss'ing has gotta have ONE drawback at least! 🙂

Has anyone got ride stats? I've got 3hrs and 25.9kph avg speed but
that's with a big section missing in the middle.

Now I'm just off to have my spine replaced with a pain-free one 🙂

hippy

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Quoted message said:

Has anyone got ride stats? I've got 3hrs and 25.9kph avg speed but
that's with a big section missing in the middle.

Now I'm just off to have my spine replaced with a pain-free one 🙂

hippy

Here's my ride stats but I'm sure yours will be very different (VERY
DIFFERENT)

Avg speed 22kph
Slowest speed 7kph (up that last rise on the Warrandyte climb where you
guys waited for me, how far away could you hear my breathing)
Max Heart Rate 176 ( 2 beats off my highest ever)
Days to recover at least 2.

With that I thing I will gracefully retire from the Sunday ride due to
health issues, ie. I'm just not fit enough. I'll put on the 39T this
week and give it another go next week, startign around 7am so say gday
as you go past. Maybe in a month or so I'll be able to keep up.

DaveB

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Quoted message said:

Thanks for the ride guys!

Was a friendly bunch and a nice loop. I forgot to start my HRM so I
didn't register a max speed on that first big hill. Somewhere along the
lines I hit 75kph but that was a different hill.

Some of those uphills were quite challenging and made more so with the
fact that I've forgotten how to change gears and a few times got stuck
too high.. ah well.. ss'ing has gotta have ONE drawback at least! 🙂

Has anyone got ride stats? I've got 3hrs and 25.9kph avg speed but
that's with a big section missing in the middle.

Now I'm just off to have my spine replaced with a pain-free one 🙂

hippy

Not a bad ride at all. Looks like the number of riders was up on last week.
Having a look at my HRM file, which btw is not complete as I ran out of
storage space at the 77km mark, I had an avg speed of 25.3. The average is
distorted by the fact I spent about 20mins slowly going around in circles at
Doncaster Shopping Centre until Dave and Tony arrived. Below are my numbers
that I have for the ride minus the going around in circles bit.

Duration 2:50:55
Minimum Heart Rate 108 bpm
Average Heart Rate 160 bpm
Maximum Heart Rate 188 bpm

Average Speed 26.2 km/h
Maximum Speed 74.7 km/h (First Hill) Second hill 70km/h.
Distance 74.4 km

Minimum Cadence 25 rpm
Average Cadence 80 rpm
Maximum Cadence 127 rpm
Ascent 840 m

The Distance I rode to the starting point was a touch over 25km.
The pinch at the top of the hill where we stopped, waiting for Dave, was
about 200m long and has a avg gradient of 12.0%.

Thankfully I also had the Cateye recording the ride which ended up being
100.4km at an avg of 27.3km/h (about 3hrs 40mins).

Hip, I guess since you, flyingdutch, and tonykara were hammering it down the
hills then your max speeds should be a bit higher than mine.

Geoff